HOWELL builders and remodelers

The most horrible experience. Brad Howell was totally unreliable, unprofessional, little he did had to be redone. Lied to us all the time, never held any of his commitments. Job was to take 3 weeks, 6 months later only 1/3 done and he dared to ask for an additional $1000.

Lousy service,it took them 4 days to do 2 days worth of work. I dont think he was a qualified roofer. They came out a couple of times to fix some of the problems they created. They did not clean , I had to have the neighbors help me clean up aruond the house. They left the dumpster in front of my house for 25 days after the job was completed. I called the dumpster company they told me the Howell over filled the dumpster which is why they did not pick it up yet. Dumpster company had to have two guys come unload half the dumpster so they can remove it from my property. I am still cleaning up and pieces of the roof are still falling off. Apparatently it was only glued and not nailed down. I had to call on numerous occassions to get things fixed but did not get responses in a timely matter or at all sometimes

Run, I repeat run, don't walk away from Howell builders and remodelers. (Based solely on our experience)
Where do I begin... (I have all this documented by video and photos as well so if anyone wants further details, just ask!)
Estimate was very vague and no specific breakdown of work or materials was provided.  Project was supposed to take 2-3 weeks as per Brad.  I had to fire him after 6 MONTHS had passed and the deck was still not finished.  2 entire homes were built in my development, one after the other, from start to finish while our deck was still not done!  I am in the process of filing a law suit now and cannot wait to have this heard in court.
The quality was horrific.  Almost every composite board was either cracked or had mushroomed because they didn't drill pilot holes.  He refused to replace most of the boards, citing that is would be "too hard" to do now.  He pieced sections together from smaller pieces (both decking and railing) to avoid having to purchase additional materials without letting us know he was going to do this.  This compromises the structural integrity of the railing and presents a safety issue.  He never properly flashed a portion of the deck and this caused water penetration into our basement.  We brought this to his attention when we first hired him and 6 months later, we STILL have water coming into the basement.  He just kept ignoring our request to address this issue.
His men were very unprofessional and they left the work site a trash dump despite repeated warnings to clean up.  Nails, screws, trash and debris all over the job site which were never picked up.  My wife, who was pregnant at the time and I were on our hands and knees cleaning up the area while they walked around refusing to assist.  They did not respect us or our property, constantly slamming tools down onto our finished basement and breaking things without admitting any fault.
Major bait and switch as well.  Promised upgrades are in fact materials that he purchased on closeout without disclosing or passing any savings onto us.  Things that we discussed as being included ended up being extra (back-filling and restoring the land that was excavated, composite railing to match the decking, lighting, touch-up flashing among others).  Price jumped over 50% from original estimate.
He worked other jobs on our time and was only here when he wanted to be, providing no notice whatsoever that no one was showing up to work.  He also continued to ask for more and more money up front.  This is because HE USES YOUR MONEY TO FUND HIS OTHER JOBS!  He has no money in his company so this is his business model.  He did not disclose this to us and many things that we were expecting to have done, he simply did not do and told us he "didn't have the money."
Our entire experience with Brad and his men was the worst that my wife and I have ever encountered with any contractor.  We hope this review will save someone the trouble and aggravation that we have had to endure.  Good luck!

We had problems from start to finish.

They were very professional and I had no issues with them whatsoever. I would recommend them.

Basically, the guys from Howell builders and remodelers were very friendly.  They got everything out for us.